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Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27 October, workers in various unions at other Rolls-Royce plants in the west of Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC Newsreel, 1955). Altogether, around 11,000...
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Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...course. [EdD graduate] I think my first plan was going to [be to] study everything under all conditions and I was probably going to spend a lifetime doing it and [my supervisor] very early on said ‘now look, don’t be silly. Let’s cut this down to something that can actually be done in the space of three years rather than an entire lifetime’. [EdD graduate] Points...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...courses and qualifications. What is language? Language is a method of communication, which contains a structured system consisting of a set of sounds, written symbols and signs. It describes how we share norms, values, meaning, culture and perspectives of the world with others who understand the same language system. All languages are fluid, taking on new words, meanings...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...courses and qualifications Panic buying is an emerging issue during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 across the world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these terms panic buying is a way of...
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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...free of oil stain in about two months but were still not fully waterproof. For a feather to be waterproof its components must have a regular structure (Elder 1954) of certain dimensions (Rijke 1968) and a water-repellent surface. It is possible that, as in some plants, a microrough surface is needed for strong water repellency (Amsden and Lewins 1966). Oiling, handling...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...free CPD for RfP across the UK. A monthly newsletter keeps teachers up to date with new resources, events and conferences and, in addition, the Egmont RfP Awards, in collaboration with OU and UKLA, help to profile the work of practitioners and schools who have created vibrant cultures of reading. Significantly too, this community website invites teachers to share their...
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How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...free sodium abounds, often causing soil structure deterioration. Zambia, for example, has three agroecological zones, distinguished by rainfall and growing season. Soil microbiologist Alice Mweetwa, deputy director for research and graduate studies at the University of Zambia, works with farmers and students across the country to address low soil fertility, low organic...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...free of particles and toxic wound contaminants. Is non-toxic and non-allergenic. Is capable of protecting the wound from further trauma. Can be removed without causing trauma to the wound (or surrounding skin). Is sterile and impermeable to bacteria. Is thermally insulating. Will allow gaseous exchange. Is comfortable and conformable. Requires only infrequent changes. Is...
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